The U.S. Secret Service is investigating Taylor's activities, but "there is no investigation of the church itself," agency spokesman Max Milien said Monday.

Taylor is also named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit filed this month in U.S. District Court in North Carolina. In that case, lawyers say Taylor made a series of investment presentations for the "Prosperity Fund" at churches in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

Taylor's whereabouts remain unknown.

Attorneys for the church members say in a DeKalb County lawsuit that Taylor urged them to liquidate their retirement accounts, and as a result some lost their life savings. Plaintiff's attorney Jason Doss, who filed the lawsuit, said his legal team has struggled to locate Taylor, who operated a company in Raleigh, N.C. "We don't know where he is," said Doss. "He's sort of off the map."

Taylor sent this statement to the Associated Press: "Don't assume that I am just another greedy businessman. I am taking action to make things right."

Long and another local anti-gay mega-church leader, Gary Hawkins, are also linked to a "questionable mortgage venture". Hawkins is accused of receiving kickbacks from the firm, which is now being investigated by the DeKalb County Police, the Secret Service and other federal authorities.

Yet another lawuit was filed against the pastor earlier this month—ordering Long and two others to pay $1.9 million for defaulting on a property loan. Long and his business partners bought the Hoops Gym in Jonesboro .... presumably so he could watch young men work up a sweat and offer "pastoral advice" ...